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Free printable wedding seating chart template

Prefer to plan your seating with pieces you can move around? Print these tables, cut them out, write a guest on each slip, and lay your wedding out by hand. Free, no sign-up. Just know the paper version has to live somewhere for months, and you reshuffle it every time an RSVP changes. When that gets old, The Table Plan does all of this on screen - and updates itself when your guest list does.

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1

Print the pages

Print the kit below on plain A4 or letter paper. Card stock holds up better if you have it, but paper is fine.

2

Cut out the pieces

Snip along the dashed lines to free the tables, the top table, the dance floor, and a sheet of guest name slips.

3

Arrange by hand

Lay the tables on a big sheet of paper, write a guest on each slip, and shuffle everyone around until it feels right.

How many tables will you need?

Work this out before you print, so you know how many copies of the kit to run off. One print gives you six round tables and one long table.

How many tables will you need?
GuestsRound tables of 10Round tables of 8Prints of this kit
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10010133
12012153
15015194

The print count assumes tables of eight, so you will never be short. Round up, then add one: a table of ten with six people on it looks emptier than a table of eight with seven, and there is always one more guest than the list said.

Working to a specific number? A seating chart for 50 guests, a chart for 100 and one for 150 each walk through the whole plan at that size.

Your printable kit

Round tables

Cut along the dashed lines. Write the table number on the line, then arrange them on a large sheet of paper or your dining table.

Table

Seats 8

Table

Seats 8

Table

Seats 8

Table

Seats 10

Table

Seats 10

Table

Seats 6

Long tables & the room

The top table, banquet tables, and the fixed features of your room. Move them around until the flow feels right.

Table

Long table, seats 8

Table

Long table, seats 8

Top table
Dance floor
DJ / band
Cake table
Bar
Gift table

Guest name slips

Write one guest per slip, cut them out, and drop each onto a table. Shuffle them around as your plans change.

Sheet 4: something for the children to do

Print one per child and put it face-down at their places. Seating a child well solves 4pm; this is for 7pm, when the speeches are over and the adults have started talking again.

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Things to spot

Tick them off as you see them. You do not have to leave your chair.

  • A bunch of flowers
  • Somebody wearing a bow tie
  • A piece of confetti on the floor
  • The cake
  • Somebody dancing badly
  • Somebody taking a photograph
  • The biggest hat in the room
  • Somebody crying happy tears

Draw the cake you would have made

Any shape, any number of layers. It does not have to be sensible.

Free wedding seating chart template: questions

Everything you need to print and plan by hand.

Is this wedding seating chart template really free?
Yes. The printable kit on this page is completely free, with no sign-up and no payment. Print it, cut it out, and use it as much as you like.
How do I use the printable seating kit?
Print the pages, cut out the tables and the guest name slips along the dashed lines, then arrange the tables on a large sheet of paper and drop a name slip onto each seat. It is the classic move-the-pieces-around method, just with tidy pre-drawn tables.
Is there an easier way than cutting and gluing?
Yes. The Table Plan does the same thing on screen: drag round and banquet tables onto your real venue floor plan, import your guest list, auto-seat everyone in one click, set keep-apart rules, and share a link guests search by name on the day. It is £149 once, no subscription, for a plan that's yours to keep.
How many tables and guests does the kit cover?
The kit prints a mix of round tables (seating six to ten) and long banquet tables, plus a top table, dance floor, DJ, cake, bar and gift-table markers, and 32 blank guest slips. Print the pages again for a bigger wedding.
What paper size does the kit print on?
A4 or US Letter, whichever your printer is loaded with. The pages are laid out to work on both without rescaling. Card stock holds up to months of reshuffling better than paper, but paper is fine.
How far ahead should I do the seating plan?
Later than most people fear, and not as late as it feels. Your final numbers only settle once the RSVPs are in, and the stationer needs the names before they can print anything. Put your date into the deadline checker and it will tell you how long you actually have.
Can I turn this into a display chart or escort cards?
They come from the same information, laid out three ways: the display plan groups guests by table, escort cards give one card per guest with their table number, and place cards mark the individual seat. Decide the seating first and all three fall out of it.

Skip the scissors. Seat everyone in one evening.

Import your guest list, drag your tables onto your real floor plan, auto-seat everyone in one click, and share a link your guests can search. £149 once, no subscription.

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